Monument to the Fallen of Cogna

Information

Municipality: Common of Piazza al Serchio

Recommended season: all the season

Entrance: free

Opening hours: always opened

Location: Cogna

Address: Via San Leonardo, 1a

District/Location: Piazza al Serchio

District: Garfagnana

The memorial stone dedicated to the Fallen of both wars and realized with red stone and cement, stands on a terrace base and it has a pyramidal shape. On the top of the monument there is an iron cross, while, on the front side, you can see a marble tombstone with the commemorative inscription. In the upper part of the tombstone there are the military ornaments: helmet, guns and flag. You can reach the monumental altar by a metallic gate.

Place

Via San Leonardo, 1 Piazza al Serchio

Iscription

Più che questa lapide marmorea
che il trionfante sacrificio
simboleggia, è duratura la gloria
dei morti per la patria
Guerre
1915- 1918
Cap. Magg. Corradini Domenico
C. Re Pucci Attilio
Sold. Amari Aristide
“ Amari Salomone
“ Coforti Giulio
“ Gherardi Domenico
1940 – 1945
“ Pucci Attlio
“ Orsi Abramo
Civ Mazzardi Ottavio
cogna ai suoi caduti
auspici i combattenti
4.11.1963

Date of realization

Realized in the first sixties, it has been solemnly inaugurated on 1963, in occasion of the celebrations of 4^th November.

Customer

In the sixties, it has been created a town committee to follow the phases of realization of the monument to Fallen.

Author

The author of the monument is unknown.

Notes

The typology of the work, memorial stone surmounted by a cross, with commemorative tombstone on the front of the monument, has many analogies with the memorial stone of San Donnino. We can say that the author, or the company which has made the two stones, could be the same, or we can suppose that the memorial stone of San Donnino, previously made, has been used as model for the monument of Cogna.